08 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited
Bought vehicle new in early 2009. It has been a very good vehicle overall with very few problems.
I will first start with the bad, had to put a few alternators on it due to the poor design of alternator being down low on bottom of engine. A leaking front valve cover results in oil dripping down into alternator shorting it out.
The 2nd short coming is the fuel gauge/ sending unit. It failed fairly early in it's life.
Good news is there was a service bulletin on the leaking valve cover gasket in Hyundai repaired that and put a new alternator on at no cost., And our vehicle is 10 yrs old.
there are several things good about the vehicle we purchased it with the big 3.3 l motor, and it is very responsive and gets good fuel mileage. The engine still runs as good as it ever did and has nearly 200,000 miles on it. The vehicle rides better than most SUVs I've been in in the same size category. The Santa Fe has a great number of safety features, and visibility driving it is superior to many others. Would not hesitate to buy another one.
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